Non-IT News Thread
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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
UK has left the EU
What does that mean now?
I didn't even notice.
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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
UK has left the EU
What does that mean now?
11 months of changing how we move to and from Europe, we won't send them money and they won't send/invest in the UK. Plus other stuff.
But one for me is working out trading tax on imports and exports, which may effect my job as I work for a agriculture company. Some farmers may stop farming which means drop in trade.
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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
UK has left the EU
What does that mean now?
No one knows how to do business with the UK or if we even can.
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@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:
But one for me is working out trading tax on imports and exports, which may effect my job as I work for a agriculture company. Some farmers may stop farming which means drop in trade.
Because they don't have as large of an export market?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Because they don't have as large of an export market?
More on the tariffs they might impose on exporting to Europe. If it's too high some simply won't carry on farming.
I don't know the whole story as not sure what "freedom" they have now. But just if export/import tax isn't a good deal, could be bad news for some farmers.
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Big-ticket tipple: $27,000 Yamazaki 55-yr whisky to go on sale in Japan
TOKYO -- How much do you like whisky? If you're willing to shell out 3 million yen (about $27,500), plus tax, for a top-notch tipple, then Suntory Spirits Ltd. has just the bottle of amber joy for you: a 55-year-old single malt Yamazaki, announced by the distiller on Jan. 30.
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Coronavirus outbreak not yet pandemic - World Health Organization
The deadly coronavirus outbreak that has spread from China does not yet constitute a "pandemic", the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
On Tuesday, three more Asian countries - Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand - confirmed infections among citizens who had not travelled to China. The death toll now stands at 427 with more than 20,000 confirmed cases around the world - most of them in China. Officials say 425 people have died in China and one in Hong Kong. One death has also been confirmed in the Philippines. The new coronavirus causes severe acute respiratory infection and symptoms usually start with a fever, followed by a dry cough. On Monday, China's top leadership admitted "shortcomings and deficiencies" in the country's response to the outbreak, which is believed to have originated in Wuhan, Hubei province. -
Mila: 'No regrets' for French teen targeted for criticising Islam
A teenager has sparked a national debate about blasphemy in France after an Instagram post calling Islam a "religion of hate".
Mila, 16, posted her comments online after receiving homophobic abuse from a Muslim commenter. She received death threats and has not attended school since. But Mila has refused to back down, saying in her first television interview that she "wanted to blaspheme". She has since deactivated her Instagram account. The post has sparked a huge debate in France over freedom of speech. The country has no national blasphemy laws and has a rigidly secular constitution. Police initially opened two investigations: the first into whether Mila was guilty of hate speech, and the second into her online attackers. They have since dropped the hate speech case as Mila was expressing a personal opinion on religion and not targeting individuals. -
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BBC News - Coronavirus: Ten passengers on cruise ship test positive for virus
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Second Turkey avalanche buries dozens of rescuers
Thirty-three people have been killed and dozens more trapped after a second avalanche struck a mountainside in Turkey on Wednesday, officials say.
About 300 rescue workers were at the site, near the eastern border with Iran, dealing with an earlier avalanche on Tuesday that killed five people. More than 50 people were believed to be trapped in vehicles in the area following the incident on Wednesday. Pictures from the scene showed people being carried away on stretchers. Wednesday's avalanche brings the death toll from the two incidents to 38. According to Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, the governor of Van province Mehmet Emin Bilmez said police officers, security guards, a firefighter and a number of civilians were among the dead. Search and rescue efforts involving Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (Afad) are ongoing. The interior ministry said 30 people had been pulled from the snow so far, according to Anadolu news agency. -
Mass drug rape charges to be dropped against US surgeon and girlfriend
Charges against a California couple accused of sexually assaulting "hundreds" of women will be dropped due to lack of evidence, officials said.
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer accused his predecessor of mishandling the case and using it to aid his re-election bid. In 2018, prosecutors said they found proof that Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley drugged and raped victims. Mr Spitzer said the case was "manufactured". He accused his predecessor of misleading the public, as a review of the case found "not a single video or photograph" depicting assault, as Tony Rackauckas, the former district attorney, had claimed. -
Coronavirus: Newborn becomes youngest person diagnosed with virus
A Chinese newborn has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus just 30 hours after birth, the youngest case recorded so far, state media said.
The baby was born on 2 February in Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus. The baby's mother tested positive before she gave birth. It is unclear how the disease was transmitted - in the womb, or after birth. Only a handful of children have come down with the virus, which has killed 565 people and infected 28,018. All but one of the deaths were in China. State media outlet Xinhua reported news of the infection late on Wednesday. It added that the baby, who weighed 3.25kg at birth (7lbs 2oz), was now in a stable condition and under observation. -
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Kirk Douglas has passed away at the age of 103.
BBC News - Kirk Douglas: Tributes paid to 'unforgettable' Hollywood 'icon'
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Drug lord Escobar's hitman Jhon Velásquez dies in Colombia
A notorious murderer who worked for Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has died of stomach cancer, Colombian officials say.
Jhon Jairo Velásquez, who boasted of killing 300 people for Escobar, was 57. Known as "Popeye", he was released from prison in 2014 after more than 20 years and launched a YouTube channel, attracting more than a million followers. But he was jailed again in 2018 on charges of extortion. Velásquez died at the National Cancer Institute in the capital Bogotá, where he had been receiving treatment for stomach cancer since December. He was a close associate of Escobar, who ran a drug trafficking empire from the Colombian city of Medellín that sent thousands of tonnes of cocaine to the US. Velásquez gave himself up to the authorities in 1992 and spent 23 years in prison, reportedly gaining a reputation for the stories he told about his life of crime. After his release he started a YouTube channel called Repentant. -
Li Wenliang: Coronavirus death of Wuhan doctor sparks anger
The death of a Chinese doctor who tried to warn about the coronavirus outbreak has sparked an unprecedented level of public anger and grief in China.
Li Wenliang died after contracting the virus while treating patients in Wuhan. Last December he sent a message to fellow medics warning of a virus he thought looked like Sars - another deadly coronavirus. But he was told by police to "stop making false comments" and was investigated for "spreading rumours". "I don't think he was rumour-mongering. Hasn't this turned into reality now?" his father, Li Shuying, told the BBC. "My son was wonderful." News of his death was met with an intense outpouring of grief on Chinese social media site Weibo - but this quickly turned into anger. There had already been accusations against the government of downplaying the severity of the virus - and initially trying to keep it secret. Dr Li's death fuelled this further and triggered a conversation about the lack of freedom of speech in China. -
Coronavirus claims 97 lives in one day - but number of infections stabilises
The number of people killed by the new coronavirus rose by 97 on Sunday, the highest number of casualties in a day.
The total number of deaths in China is now 908 - but the number of newly-infected people per day has stabilised. Across China, 40,171 people are infected while 187,518 are under medical observation. Meanwhile, 60 more people have tested positive on a cruise ship quarantined in Japan - meaning 130 out of 3,700 passengers have caught the virus. The Diamond Princess ship is on a two-week quarantine off Yokohama, after a passenger - who earlier disembarked in Hong Kong - tested positive. The infected passengers are taken off board and treated in nearby hospitals. The new cases mean around a third of all coronavirus patients outside of China were on the Diamond Princess. According to Chinese data, 3,281 patients have been cured and discharged from hospital.
